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Brussels greenlights $3.4 billion Spanish state aid for highly efficient power
MADRID, Jan 28 (Reuters) – ‌The European Commission has approved a 3.1 ‌billion euro ($3.4 billion) Spanish state aid scheme to ‌support electricity output from highly efficient power plants, it […]
Ukraine summons Hungary ambassador over election meddling allegations
KYIV, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s ‌foreign ministry said it summoned Hungary’s ambassador to ‌Kyiv on Thursday to protest over Budapest’s allegations ‌of Ukrainian meddling in the upcoming Hungarian parliamentary […]
Trump tells Iran to make nuclear deal or next attack will be ‘far worse’
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – ‌U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran ‌on Wednesday to come to the ‌table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next U.S. attack […]
Germany to hold call with select EU states in push for a ‘two‑speed’ Europe
BERLIN, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Germany will discuss pushing ‌ahead with plans for a “two-speed” European Union to facilitate agile decision-making at a time of geopolitical upheaval in a call […]
Comeback puts Iraq’s Maliki in Trump’s crosshairs
BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri ‌al-Maliki, who appeared poised for a remarkable comeback despite accusations he stoked sectarian strife and allowed the rise of Islamic […]
Search for 32 missing in Indonesia landslide hampered by rain as death toll rises to 34
BANDUNG BARAT, ‌Indonesia, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Rain is hampering the search for 32 people still missing ‌five days after a landslide hit Indonesia’s West Java province, the disaster ‌mitigation […]
Rubio to face former US Senate colleagues on Venezuela policy
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary ‌of State Marco Rubio is due to testify in the Senate about President Donald Trump’s Venezuela policy on Wednesday, after scrambling to keep […]
Russian-Uzbek billionaire Usmanov wins lawsuit against German newspaper, documents show
MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Russian-Uzbek ‌billionaire Alisher Usmanov has won a legal complaint ‌against German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung over an article ‌it published about him, court documents obtained […]
Storm Kristin knocks out power to 800,000 in Portugal and barrels into Spain
LISBON/MADRID, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Storm ‌Kristin left more than 800,000 people across central and northern ‌Portugal without electricity early on Wednesday, toppling trees and utility ‌posts, damaging homes, and […]
Pope Leo calls for end to antisemitism worldwide
VATICAN CITY, Jan ‌28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo called on ‌Wednesday for an end to antisemitism worldwide, ‌marking the annual commemoration of the Holocaust with a prayer for a world […]